The request for $81.7 million for more detention space for migrant families illustrates that the administration refuses to acknowledge or does not care that detention is harmful to children.
Bennie Thompson: “The request for $81.7 million for more detention space for migrant families illustrates that the administration refuses…”
On the recordMay 8, 2019
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Condemning the administration's funding request for detention space for families.
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